647 - ذَمُّ سوءِ الخُلُقِ‏

647. Denouncing Ill Naturedness

1954.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : سُوءُ الخُلقِ ذَنبٌ لا يُغْفَرُ .¹

1954.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Being ill-natured is a sin that is not forgiven.' ²

1955.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنّ العَبدَ لَيَبلُغُ... بِسُوءِ خُلقِهِ أسْفَلَ دَرَجَةٍ في جَهنَّمَ .³

1955.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Verily the servant with an ill nature will be in the lowest reach of Hell.' ⁴

1956.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله - وقد قيلَ لَهُ : إنّ فُلانَةَ تَصومُ النّهارَ وتَقومُ اللّيلَ ، وهِي سَيِّئةُ الخُلقِ تُؤْذي جِيرانَها بلِسانِها - : لا خَيرَ فيها ، هِي مِن أهْلِ النّارِ .⁵

1956. It was said to the Prophet (SAWA) that, 'Such and such a woman fasts during the days and stands for prayer during the nights, but she is ill-natured and insults her neighbours with her tongue', the Prophet (SAWA) then said, 'There is no good in her, she is of the people of the Hellfire.' ⁶

1957.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : سُوءُ الخُلقِ نَكَدُ العَيْشِ وعذابُ النَّفْسِ .⁷

1957.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Ill nature causes life to be miserable and torments the soul.' ⁸